The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 4, 1939
Last Quarter
48.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.3%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 208
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.9° / 273.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 11.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.45° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.15° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.58° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.